Welt-indenting machine.



R. G. SIMMONS.

WELT INDENTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APIL'IY, 1911.

1,114,300, I Patented 0013.20, 1914.

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BALr rc. SIMMONS, or BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, .AssieNonronnrrnnfsrron I MACHINERY COMPANY, oi ratrnnsoiv, ivnwanitsnx, A conronnrroiiqornnw JERSEY;

'wELr-iNni iirIive M CHIN j j I Specification of Letters leatent. I I i914.

7 Application filed April 17, 1911. Serial Mai 621,863 I P To all whom it may concern: v

Beit known that I, RALPH G. SIMMoNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Welt-Indenting Machines; and I do hereby {declare the following to be a-full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as Willenable others skilled in the art to which it apper-- tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to welt indenting machines for making impression-or im ta-' tion stitches along the upper surface of the edge of the sole of aboot orshoe, and also for dividing and evening stitches by making with the indenting tool audit is morepar indentations in the leather between them;

In one type of machine of this class, the machine is provided with a rotary indenting tool formed with aseries of teeth to indent the. surface of the leather, and a work supportzarranged to support the sole in contact ticularly to thistype: of machine that the present invention relates. L a

In order to enable the indenting tool to operate satisfactorily on different styles of.

of its work engaging surface results in a movementof the work engaging surface of the support axially of the indenting tool. Therefore it often happens that in operating upon certainclasses of work when the work support is adjusted to form the desired angle between its work engaging surface and the working face of the indenting tool, the work engaging surface of thesupport is movedoutward longitudinally ofthe worlc ing face of'the indenting tool to such. an

extent that itdoes not properly support the outermargin of the sole in contact with the indenting tool. In order; to enable the. 111* E'denting tool to produce satisfactoryimpresr A. prosions, it is essential that the sole belsup-i ported at all points that are in engagement;

with the working face of the tool.

The ob ect of the present invention is to produce a welt indenting machine which willj overcome the defects above referred to.

With this object in view, one feature of the invention contemplatesprovision foradjusting the angular position of thework engaging face of thework support with rela" tion to the workinglface of the indenting tool without disturbing the 1. relative longitudinal positionof these parts. In the preferred form of the invention, this is accomplished by so I mounting I the work support that can beadjusted angularly about the point in the inner edge of the'supportnear est thertoolasa center.

Further featuresjof the invention consist ofucertain constructions, arrangements and v combinations of parts, the advantages of r which will be re'adilyunderstoodby those a skilled in the art,tto be hereinafter described and then claims. 1 c

In the accompanying drawings illustrat particularly pointed out in the ing the invention'in the best format present known to'the inventorz Figurel is a side elevation of aweltfindenting machine ,ein- 'lOOdyIIi the invention, certain parts thereof beings own in section; andFig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking j r in the direction of the arrows.

Inthe illustrated embodiment {of the in- 1 venti'on, lindicates a rotary indenting tool,

and 2 a 'work support arranged in 'coopera-l tive relation." with said tool. "The tool l is mounted on a shaft 8 journaled in bearings which is indicated. atf7, extending upward from. the: standard ofthe 'mafchineq The forward portion of thehanger is arrangedto move: between guides 8, extending up wardly' "from the forward portion'of the standard of themachine and embracing the 7 hanger. The guides 8f'are spanned by a cap 9 bolted thereto,jand in a bore 10 inahousing forming a part ofthiscap is located a compression spring 11, the lower extremity of which is arrangeda'to bear upon the i hanger, and the upper extremity of which is engaged by a thrust block12 actuated by an adjusting screw 13 threaded into the upper extremity ofthe housing. This screw is provided with a hand wheel '14 by which'it maybe adjustedto regulate the pressureTfif e the spring 11 upon the hanger downward movement of the hanger s limited by an adjustable stop screw 15 threaded into the frame of the machine and arranged to engage the lower face of the hanger. By

.means of the spring 11, the hanger 5 is yieldingly pressed downwardly to compress the sole of the shoe between the working face of the indenting tool 1 and the work engaging face, of the work support 2 and thereby cause the teeth of the tool to indent the surface ofthe leather. In order to render the impressions made by the tool 1 firmer and more permanent, the tool maybe heated by any suitable means not shown.

contact of the upper therewith.

In order to permit the insertion of the work between the indenting tool and the work support, and the withdrawal of the work therefrom, the machine is provided with manually operable means to lift the hanger 5 against the pressure of the spring 11 and thereby move the indenting toolaway from the work support. "In the construction illustrated, this means comprises a lever 16 pivoted at 17, the forward extremity 18 of which is arrangcdto engage the under sur, face of the hanger. The rearwardly extending arm 19 of this lever is provided with a hook 20 engaged by a treadle rod 21 connected with a treadle, not shown. I The lever is also provided with a handle 22 by which it may be operated. l/Vhen it is desired to insert work which is to be operated upon or to withdraw the finished work, the operator presses the arm 19 of the lever 16 eitherby means of the treadle or by means of a handle 22,; thereby raising the forward portion of the hanger and moving the indenting tool away from the work support. I

. Inthe present embodiment of the invention, the indenting tool is preferably arranged to be positively rotated to feed the I work through the machine. To this end, in the construction shown, theshaft 3 carries a spur gear 23keyed thereto,'the said gear meshing with a spur gear 25 looselyjournaled upon a stub shaft 26 secured in a suitable bore in the hanger 5 by means of a set screw 27. Thehub of the gear 25 is extended to form a sleeve 28, to which is secured a crank handle 29," whereby the said gear may be rotated to impart rotation to the shaft 3. It will be noted that both the gears 23 and 25 are carried by the hanger 5 so that the movement of the hanger upon its pivot does not disturb the position ofthe gears with The end of, the tool is covered by a guard 15 to prevent -mental guide 32 and is secured thereto by means of a bolt 33 passing through a perforation in the block and a slot 34 in the guide. A rib 35 projects from the upper surface of the guide and is received in a corresponding groove 36'on the block 31, thereby preventing turning movement of the block on the guide. The upperv guiding surface of the guide is curved in the arc of a circle, the center of which is a point in the work engaging surfaceof the worksupporting wheel, preferably the point on the inner edge of the wheel nearest the indenting tool. The angular position of the workengaging face of the work support with re lation to the working face of the indenting tool is adjusted by moving the wheel supporting block 31 along the guide 32. Since the work supporting wheel is adjusted about a point in its'work engaging surfaceas a center, the position of this point with rela tion to the indenting tool will not vary inlOO the different positions of'adjustment of the work support. The proper relative position of the work support with relation to the indenting tool for. satisfactory work, as

heretofore explained, will, therefore, always 9 be maintained. With this construction, whatever the position of the support, the entire portion of the sole of the boot or shoe that is in engagement with the indenting tool will be supported and held firmly in no contact with the indenting tool.

Having explained the nature and objects of the invention and having specifically described one form of mechanism in which it may be embodied, what is claimed as new is l. A welt indenting machine, having, in combination, a rotary indenting tool, a work support for engaging the tread surface of the sole of a shoe to hold the margin of the sole in contact with the tool having a work engaging surface formed to engage the sole in a straight 'line from the edge of the sole inwardly and provision for adjusting the work engaging face of the work support angula'rly in a plane substantially perpendicular to the line of feed about a center lying in the'work engaging face of the work support whereby the angle be-" tween the work engaging surface of the gether with a yielding pressure to cause the tool to indent the margin of the sole.

2. A Welt indenting machine, having, in combination, a rotary indenting tool, a Work support for engaging the tread surface of the sole of a shoe to hold the margin of the sole in contact with the tool having a work engaging surface formed to engage the solo in .a straight line in a direction from the edge of the sole inwardly and provision for adjusting the worken'gaging surface of the work. support angularly in iaplane substantially perpendicular to theline of feed about a ,center lying in the work -engagingsurface of the work vsupportiand located at the point in the inner edge of the work support nearest the tool whereby an angle between the work engaging surface of the Work support and the adjacent portion of y the indenting tool may be varied without changing the position of thefwork supportin the direction of the axis of the tool, and means for continuously forcing the work support and the tool together with a yielding pressure to cause the tool to indent the margin of the sole. I

RALPH O, SIMMONS.

Witnesses:

NO MAN C. HUssEY, 'ELMER B. GRUSH. v

the Commissioner of Patents, 

